Emerging potential of 5-Fluorouracil-loaded chitosan nanoparticles in cancer therapy

TT Dongsar, TS Dongsar, N Gupta, WH Almalki… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer is among the leading causes of mortality in the globe. Chemotherapy utilizing
various anticancer medicines continues to be the most widely used form of treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted delivery methods for anticancer drugs

VV Veselov, AE Nosyrev, L Jicsinszky, RN Alyautdin… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The current main technological strategies for the delivery of anticancer
drugs are discussed herein. This comprehensive review may help researchers design …

[HTML][HTML] Amelioration of cancer employing chitosan, its derivatives, and chitosan-based nanoparticles: recent updates

T Virmani, G Kumar, A Sharma, K Pathak, MS Akhtar… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The limitations associated with the conventional treatment of cancer have necessitated the
design and development of novel drug delivery systems based mainly on nanotechnology …

Chitosan nanocarriers containing essential oils as a green strategy to improve the functional properties of chitosan: A review

Y Yang, M Aghbashlo, VK Gupta, H Amiri, J Pan… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Large amounts of agricultural waste, especially marine product waste, are produced
annually. These wastes can be used to produce compounds with high-added value …

Green synthesis of bioinspired chitosan-ZnO-based polysaccharide gums hydrogels with propolis extract as novel functional natural biomaterials

M Chelu, JC Moreno, I Atkinson, JP Cusu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
A facile, green synthesis methodology to obtain zinc oxide nanoparticles using three
polysaccharide gums (Acacia gum, Guar gum and Xanthan gum) of biological origin was …

[HTML][HTML] The promise of nanoparticles-based radiotherapy in cancer treatment

M Haque, MS Shakil, KM Mahmud - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Radiotherapy (RT) is used worldwide as a gold standard treatment
approach for cancer management. However, the RT treatment modality contains limitations …

[HTML][HTML] Chitosan-based composites: development and perspective in food preservation and biomedical applications

A Kumar, S Yadav, J Pramanik, BS Sivamaruthi… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chitin, which may be the second-most common polymer after cellulose, is the raw material of
chitosan. Chitosan has been infused with various plant extracts and subsidiary polymers to …

Chitosan as excellent bio-macromolecule with myriad of anti-activities in biomedical applications–A review

S Jagdale, A Dixit, S Gaware, B Agarwal - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of the study is to explore the myriad of anti-activities of chitosan-deacylated
derivative of chitin in biomedical applications. Chitosan consists of reactive residual amino …

[HTML][HTML] Composite nanoarchitectonics of magnetic silicon dioxide-modified chitosan for doxorubicin delivery and in vitro cytotoxicity assay

MY Nassar, HI El-Salhy, WH El-Shiwiny… - Journal of Inorganic and …, 2023 - Springer
Developing drug delivery carriers for highly selective, controlled, and sustained release of
the anti-cancer drugs is one of the crucial issues in the cancer strive. We herein report the …

[HTML][HTML] Self-healing hydrogels: Development, biomedical applications, and challenges

MMH Rumon, AA Akib, F Sultana, M Moniruzzaman… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polymeric hydrogels have drawn considerable attention as a biomedical material for their
unique mechanical and chemical properties, which are very similar to natural tissues …